BBQ Statistics – Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis

Abstract

To make the entry level inferential statistics more approachable to undergraduate students, we use “down-to-earth” real-life examples with a hint of humor in teaching and learning of regression analysis.  Specifically, this resource features one of the iconic foods of America, BBQ, to introduce students to step-by-step spreadsheet operations, and help...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Research Methods, Statistics

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

College 300

Class Size(s):

Any

Usage Notes

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2. This is the fourth addition to the series of resources intended to introduce students with mild math and stats anxiety to the most basic statistical concepts before they take on more advanced and sociologically inclined questions such as those given as exercises in standard upper-level statistics and research methods textbooks in...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. LO1: To be able to describe a bivariate relationship in a scatterplot using Microsoft Excel.
2. LO2: To be able to perform a simple linear regression analysis in Microsoft Excel and produce the output.
3. LO3: To be able to interpret the output, report the result in the APA format, and state an “empirically informed” conclusion about the problem.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Assessment of LO1: How appropriately students respond to Questions II.B.2, III.A1, and B on the assignment sheet.
2. Assessment of LO2: How appropriately students respond to Questions II.B.3-4, IIIA.2-4, and III.B on the assignment sheet.
3. Assessment of LO3: How appropriately students respond to Questions II.B.5, III.A.5, and III.B on the assignment sheet.